Rudy claims hit job but-doesnt deny using taxpayer money for his affair

[EV_Ares]

This is becoming a very big scandal for Rudy Giuliani at the worst possible time. ABC's Jake Tapper just did a devastating piece showing Rudy claiming a "hit job." Yet, Rudy didn't deny what happened -- he just tried to rationlize it and change the subject:
Late this afternoon Giuliani told ABC News this story was a "hit job."

"This was really done to try to focus on my personal life," Giuliani said.

He said the NYPD always reimbursed city agencies for his security details' expenses.

"They were handled openly, honestly, it was the practice that was going on since my first term and the idea was to get the bills paid quickly," Giuliani said.

Comptroller Thompson said this about the Mayor's explanation: "That's not the way that we operate these days and it would not be the preferred way of doing business," Thompson said. "In the end, it's a very convoluted way of getting things done."

"If anyone hoped that no one would notice, they were being foolish," Thompson told ABC News.
Um, Rudy, this is about your public life intersecting with your "personal life." You were having an extramarital affair. And, you were using taxpayer dollars to facilitate that affair. And, you tried to hide it. So, Rudy, that makes it an issue.

Welcome to the big leagues, Rudy. And, stop your whining. You've been busted.

Link: http://www.americablog.com/2007/11/rudy-claims-hit-job-on-him-but-doesnt.html

[jody]

1. It's interesting when reporting the truth is called a "hit job". n/t

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. That's a great personal life, Ru911dy - for an alley cat

He's done.

[LynneSin]

3. Wait, but it's ok when their people make-up shit like Troopergate for Clinton

which even the auther of the story (David Brock of Media Matters, a former Republican hit-job writer) claims was pretty much fabricated.

[AtomicKitten]

4. Rudy will be a cornucopia of cheese.